Barber straight razor demonstration / tutorial shave
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interesting... thanks for the post
I'm impressed. I want a shave like that.
I like when he said,"Stretching is the key to shaving." Interesting vid....thanks.
Very interesting. Thanks for posting this. It would be interesting to watch the first class when students shave each other. :)
Kent
His shaving angle looks a whole lot steeper than mine...
-Chief
Thats it! That is the famous BlueRain video. Super cool!
At 6:50 he shows a perfect scything stroke too. Oh this guy is good.
You've made my day. I was looking for that for the last 6 months.
That guys has skills . . .
Wonderful video. Thanks.
Excellent..Thank You!
Great video, thanks!!! I have been using the heal leading and the point trailing, he does the point leading. I have much to learn and can't wait till my next shave to try out his method. I always thought the blade motion was the same as what many of us do on the hone but not so according to this experieced barber.
Mike
Awesome vid. But i wonder if shaving a mannequin messes up the edge?
It looked like he was using a Featherette. Most states require barbers to use a disposable blade when they shave a customer.Quote:
Originally Posted by kooray83
One observation, he says never do an ATG. I always finish with an ATG final shave. I assume he is really talking to students that will be shaving others and don't want to risk cutting them.
Great lesson though.
I laughed at the part where he said that the WTG pass always goes down, from the sideburn to the collar bone. On my cheeks, that is XTG. Also, my neck only goes down for about half way, then it's going back up.
All-in-all, a very good video, I plan on trying some of his techniques tomorrow morning when I shave again. Thanks for posting it.
It seemed to me that on his x the grain shave that he didn't apply shaving cream. Is that correct?
No, he does that for instruction purposes. There is though a water only pass after all that, if desired.
Barbers are taught to never go ATG.
My dad recently told me that when he was in barber college in the mid 50s, they learned technique with dulled razors and practiced on each other. By the time they actually got to shave someone, they had a couple hundred practice sessions in. They also did not practice on balloons.
When they were learning to strop, they had a teacher, old as dirt, who could hear bad stropping technique from across the room. He'd be on you like stink on sh^* and get you straightened out in a a hurry.
I wonder if they even teach honing and stropping in school anymore.
Kev
Thanks good video.:)
Thanks, Isn't it a little ironic that the patron is bald while the Barber is sportin a pony tail?
Good vid,of interest to me was the part of moving (stretching)the skin on the adams apple to the sides not to shave over it to aviod the possible cut.
Very cool video! He has a great demeanor and seems to be a good teacher. I would let him shave me...
So awesome I found myself watching this several times! Great info indeed! From face stretching down to shaving :beer:
Thanks for posting this, very interesting.
I should hopefully be starting Barber school here in PA, where the non-shavette shave is still allowed. The school told me they DO teach straight shaving as well as straight hair cuts, etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by kevbell
I will let ya know if they teach stropping...will be interesting for sure :)
I hate to be the fly in the ointment,but it that was a live human I think we would be seeing a lot of blood,If this is the best he can do I think I missed my calling.not only did I shave my father at 20 years of age but after that I had to shave his barber just to prove to him I could,my technique might not be as polished as his,but neither of them had any complaints,and that was 24 years ago
You missed your calling. It's true though, it isn't a person and that makes a big difference.
He is teaching how to shave someone else at a more strategic/process level. It is common to inadvertently think that when someone teaches something that they are teaching everything about a subject.
Using a dummy has a lot of disadvantages. If you did some of that stuff to a real person there would be trouble. It would make more sense to put a human in the chair, but then you'd need another instructor/volunteer. Either way you wouldn't learn enough to actually shave someone with a straight razor.